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IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Antiracism) Strategic Plan

ARCHIVE: October 2021

In 2020, SANCA formally created the IDEA committee to establish and implement strategies to ensure that SANCA reflects its community and serves all people regardless of background, identity, and socioeconomic status.

Goal #1

Transform SANCA’s leadership to increase BIPOC representation and decentralize whiteness

Objective: Add at least two BIPOC members to the SANCA Board of Directors
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Change bylaws to allow a Staff representative on the SANCA Board
Board of Directors
Amended bylaws approved.
September 2020
 COMPLETED
Approve resolution to make next two
Board members BIPOC
Board of Directors
Resolution adopted by Board.
September 2020
 COMPLETED
Conduct selection process for staff representative to the Board with staff input; focus on BIPOC candidates
IDEA Committee
Staff given input on selection; candidate identified and sent to Board.
December 2020
 COMPLETED
Contact potential BIPOC candidates to assess interest; forward interested candidates’ contact info to Board leadership
 
IDEA Committee
Eight or more candidates contacted + three or more sent to Board.
February 2021
 COMPLETED
Elect BIPOC staff to the Board
Board of Directors
BIPOC Staff member voted onto Board.
February 2021
 COMPLETED
Meet with and recruit BIPOC candidates; invite interested parties
to attend Board meeting
Board President & Executive Director
Meetings with at least three candidates.
March 2021
 COMPLETED
Formally vote on two BIPOC Board members
Board of Directors
One or two BIPOC members voted onto Board.
June 2021
COMPLETED

 

Objective: Add BIPOC Members to Staff Leadership
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Create IDEA Committee with BIPOC staff members as leadership
Executive Director
IDEA Committee active and meeting with BIPOC chair(s).
May 2020
COMPLETE and
ongoing
Add at least one BIPOC member to
Staff Leadership (“Directors”)
Executive Director
BIPOC Member hired as a Director.
August 2020
COMPLETED
Update and revise Staff Recruitment Policy to seek out, encourage, and assist BIPOC candidates
Executive Director, Director of Staff Success, IDEA Chair
New policy adopted by Board of Directors.
May 2021
 IN PROGRESS Director of Staff Success is currently working on rewriting personnel policy
Create IDEA director position led by BIPOC person
Executive Director
Hiring a person in this position.
January 2022
IN PROGRESS

Goal #2

Provide educational opportunities on antiracism to SANCA staff and community

Objective: Provide educational opportunities
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Create Antiracist Book Club for staff
and SANCA community
Lily B.
Book club established
and meeting regularly.
August 2020
COMPLETED
Install Land Acknowledgement that states that SANCA operates
on land that was originally occupied
by the Duwamish Tribe.
Trevor, Jasmine
Approved by the Board
of Directors; posted on
website.
November 2020
COMPLETED
Draft written & approved by IDEA Committee. Approved by Board.
Create the Power of Three to share three antiracist resources (books, podcasts, movies, etc.) every Tuesday on social media to help the SANCA community learn how to be better allies to marginalized communities
Tania, Trevor
Power of Three and Blackout posts are broadcast every Tuesday.
December 2020
 Started and ongoing
Create a glossary that will be accessible to all of the SANCA community (students, coaches, directors, & board members). This glossary will provide the SANCA community a common language or a shared vocabulary on various topics.
IDEA Committee
Host a forum to help
staff and Board
understand terms and objectives.
April 2022
Resources on topics collected within the IDEA Committee has started.
Conduct required staff and Board
trainings on antiracism.
IDEA Chair
Trainings conducted
and attended by all
staff at least once
annually.
May 2021
COMPLETED for directors in April 2021; COMPLETED for Staff & Board in May 2021

 

 

Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Investigate cost and feasibility of outside speakers for future antiracism trainings.
IDEA Committee / Executive Director
Create roster of potential speakers with costs for consideration in the budget.
November 2021
Investigating potential speakers during 2021
Host at least one outside speaker on antirasism
IDEA Chair
Conduct trainings with attendance by staff and board.
2022
Reevaluate needs from the community in relation to discussion groups
IDEA, IDEA Chair
Surveys or informal conversations with community members.
Winter 2022
IN PROGRESS

 

Objective: Spotlight BIPOC circus artists
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Social media Tuesday Blackout features BIPOC Circus & Performing Artists – with no posts about SANCA
IDEA Committee / Marketing Director
All social media accounts feature only these posts each Tuesday.
Ongoing
Started Summer 2020; completed and ongoing
Create a collage on Coach Wall in Front Office to spotlight Indigenous Circus Arts
Jasmine, Trevor
Wall installed featuring artists.
June 2021
IN PROGRESS

Goal #3

Be accountable and transparent in antiracist efforts to SANCA’s community

Objective: Create opportunities for reporting and input with the community
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Invite community members to IDEA Committee
IDEA Committee
At least two community members present at IDEA meetings.
November 2020
COMPLETED
Highlight antiracist efforts in SANCA
Annual Report
Executive Director, IDEA Chair
IDEA Committee’s efforts reported in Annual Reports beginning in 2020.
March 2021
COMPLETED FOR 2021
Host forums and community
conversations to further the dialogue
on SANCA’s antiracist efforts
IDEA Committee
Conducted at least once per year.
Sometime in 2021
and ongoing
Town Hall held in August 2020
discussed antiracism framework and usage. Town Hall in February 2021 informed the SANCA community about the committee’s projects and goals.
Create webpage on SANCA website
that features this plan with progress
updates and other information on
SANCA’s antiracist efforts
IDEA Committee to draft content; Marketing Director to update website
Page created and
published; updated
with new information at least quarterly.
March 2021
COMPLETED
SANCA has a page on the website dedicated to IDEA. This page has been updated wit the content from the committee
Assess engagement on our community education efforts
IDEA Committee
Create survey to ask community if they are reading and using the resources we are providing.
March 2021
Sent out the first survey in August newsletter
Publish a shared vocabulary for the SANCA community
 IDEA Committee
Information public on the SANCA website.
September 2021
IN PROGRESS IDEA Committee is consolidating information and editing a prototype.

Goal #4

Allocate organization resources for IDEA Committee’s work

Objective: Invest SANCA resources in antiracist efforts and programs
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Add a line item to the annual budget for antiracist efforts
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for IDEA Committee.
December 2020 for
the 2021 Budget
COMPLETED for 2021 budget
Set a minimum monetary amount for IDEA work
Executive Director, IDEA Chair, IDEA Committee
Minimum set and will be based on the hours allotted to the chair and staff for attending meetings and working on projects.
 June 2021
Create a budget for the IDEA committee
Executive Director, IDEA Chair, IDEA committee
Budget is created and has proposed monetary values.
November 2021
Present an IDEA budget to the board for approval
Executive Director
Board-approved budget installed.
 December 2021 for the 2022 Budget
Include funds in the annual budget for staff training on antiracism
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for staff training.
Each December
COMPLETED FOR 2021 ONGOING FOR 2022
Commit annual funding to programming for marginalized community members
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for Celestial Circus and other similar programs.
Each December
COMPLETED FOR 2021 ONGOING FOR 2022
Create equitable compensation policy
Executive Director, Director of Staff Success, IDEA Chair
Public record of pay structure; staff payment accessible internally.
May 2021
COMPLETED for coaching positions
COMPLETED for other staff positions

 

 

IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Antiracism) Strategic Plan

ARCHIVE: February 2021

In 2020, SANCA formally created the IDEA committee to establish and implement strategies to ensure that SANCA reflects its community and serves all people regardless of background, identity, and socioeconomic status.

Goal #1

Transform SANCA’s leadership to increase BIPOC representation and decentralize whiteness

Objective: Add at least two BIPOC members to the SANCA Board of Directors
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Change bylaws to allow a Staff representative on the SANCA Board
Board of Directors
Amended bylaws approved
September 2020
 COMPLETED
Approve resolution to make next two
Board members BIPOC
Board of Directors
Resolution adopted by Board
September 2020
 COMPLETED
Conduct selection process for staff representative to the Board with staff input; focus on BIPOC candidates
IDEA Committee
Staff given input on selection; candidate identified and sent to Board
December 2020
 COMPLETED
Contact potential BIPOC candidates to assess interest; forward interested candidates’ contact info to Board leadership
 
IDEA Committee
Eight or more candidates contacted + three or more sent to Board
February 2021
 IN PROGRESS
Elect BIPOC staff to the Board
Board of Directors
BIPOC Staff member voted
onto Board
February 2021
 COMPLETED
Meet with and recruit BIPOC candidates; invite interested parties
to attend Board meeting
Board President & Executive Director
Meetings with at least three candidates
March 2021
 IN PROGRESS
Formally vote on two BIPOC Board members
Board of Directors
One or two BIPOC members voted onto Board
June 2021
 IN PROGRESS
Objective: Add BIPOC Members to Staff Leadership
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Create IDEA Committee with BIPOC staff members as leadership
Executive Director
IDEA Committee active and meeting with BIPOC chair(s)
May 2020
COMPLETE and
ongoing
Add at least one BIPOC member to
Staff Leadership (“Directors”)
Executive Director
BIPOC Member hired
as a Director
August 2020
COMPLETED
Update and revise Staff Recruitment Policy to seek out, encourage, and assist BIPOC candidates
Executive Director, Director of Staff Success, IDEA Chair
New policy adopted by Board of Directors
May 2021
 IN PROGRESS
Create IDEA director position led by BIPOC person
Executive Director
Hiring a person in this position
January 2022
 IN PROGRESS

Goal #2

Provide educational opportunities on antiracism to SANCA staff and community

Objective: Provide educational opportunities
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Create Antiracist Book Club for staff
and SANCA community
Lily B.
Book club established
and meeting regularly
August 2020
Started; needs to
expand to include
larger SANCA
community
Install Land Acknowledgement that
  states that SANCA operates
on land that was originally occupied
by the Duwamish Tribe.
Trevor, Jasmine
Approved by the Board
of Directors; posted on
website
November 2020
Draft written & approved by IDEA Committee. Approved by Board.
Create the Power of Three to share
three antiracist resources (books, podcasts, movies, etc.) every Tuesday on social media to help the SANCA community learn how to be better allies to marginalized communities
Tania, Trevor
Power of Three and Blackout posts are broadcast every Tuesday
December 2020
 Started and ongoing
Establish a shared vocabulary within
the SANCA community
IDEA Committee
Host a forum to help
staff and Board
understand
terms and objectives
May 2021
Vocabulary started within the IDEA Committee.
Conduct required staff and Board
trainings on antiracism; investigate bringing outside speakers in future years
IDEA Chair
Trainings conducted
and attended by all
staff at least once
annually
May 2021 and
ongoing
 IN PROGRESS
Objective: Spotlight BIPOC circus artists
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Social media Tuesday Blackout features BIPOC Circus & Performing Artists – with no posts about SANCA
IDEA Committee / Marketing Director
All social media accounts feature only these posts each Tuesday
Ongoing
Started Summer 2020; completed and ongoing
Create a collage on Coach Wall in Front Office to spotlight Indigenous Circus Artists
Jasmine, Trevor, Max
Wall installed and featuring artists
March 2021
 IN PROGRESS

Goal #3

Be accountable and transparent in antiracist efforts to SANCA’s community

Objective: Create opportunities for reporting and input with the community
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Invite community members to IDEA Committee
IDEA Committee
At least two community members present at IDEA meetings
November 2020
Attending Staff meeting
Highlight antiracist efforts in SANCA
Annual Report
Executive Director, IDEA Chair
IDEA Committee’s efforts reported in Annual Reports beginning in 2020
March 2021
  IN PROGRESS
Host forums and community
conversations to further the dialogue
on SANCA’s antiracist efforts
IDEA Committee
Conducted at least once per year
Sometime in 2021
and ongoing
Town Hall held in
August 2020
discussed antiracism framework and usage. Town Hall in February 2021 will continue this dialogue.
Create webpage on SANCA website
that features this plan with progress
updates and other information on
SANCA’s antiracist efforts
IDEA Committee to draft content; Marketing Director to update website
Page created and
published; updated
with new information
at least quarterly
March 2021
First draft sent to
IDEA Committee for
review
Assess engagement on our community education efforts
IDEA Committee
Create survey to ask community if they are reading and using the resources we are providing
March 2021
 IN PROGRESS
Publish a shared vocabulary for
  the SANCA community
 IDEA Committee
Information public on the SANCA website
  November 2021
Conversation on
vocabulary started within IDEA Committee

Goal #4

Allocate organization resources for IDEA Committee’s work

Objective: Invest SANCA resources in antiracist efforts and programs
Actions
Responsible
Measurement
Latest Due Date
Progress Report
Add a line item to the annual budget for antiracist efforts
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for IDEA Committee
December 2020 for
the 2021 Budget
 IN PROGRESS
Increase the dollar investment for antiracist efforts by minimum 100%
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes 100% increase over 2021 for antiracist work
December 2021 for
the 2022 Budget
 IN PROGRESS
Include funds in the annual budget for staff training on antiracism
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for staff training
Each December
 IN PROGRESS
Commit annual funding to programming for marginalized community members
Executive Director
Board-approved budget includes line item for Celestial Circus and
other similar programs
Each December
 IN PROGRESS
Create equitable compensation policy
Executive Director, Director of Staff Success, IDEA Chair
Public record of pay structure; staff payment accessible internally
May 2021
 IN PROGRESS